Johnson takes over Mini-Mod point lead with third feature win! By Dale Erdmann

July 6, 2001; Lake Geneva, WI. -  Defending Herb’s mini modified champion Dr.Tooth Ken Johnson out of Paddock Lake won his third straight 15 lap feature race at Lake Geneva Raceway Friday night in front of a good crowd. With the win Johnson takes over the point lead for the first time this season holding a twenty five point advantage with. Just over half the season completed. Gary LaMonte of West Allis won the 15 lap Perfection Auto Body legends feature. Denny Norton Jr. hopped in the Tommy Nevoso mount and won the 15 lap millennium late model feature and his heat for a great night.

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Denny Norton Jr. (#84) took over the ride of Tommy Nevoso and was able to win the heat and feature event in the Millennium Late Models. Dr. Ken Johnson (#2) earned his third Mini-Modified feature win of 2001 and came away with the point lead in the division. Gary LaMonte earned another Legend Car feature checkered at Lake Geneva! Chris Carlson (#24) won the Outlaw Rascal main event in convincing fashion.

Chris Carlson ran away from the field in the 20 lap Rascal Outlaw feature and Willy Webb of Sharon won the 20 lap Basic International feature after coming through the second semi with a field of near 50 cars on hand.

Jeff Schultz slipped in front of the mini modified feature with Jay Harpster all over the leader. By lap four it was a side by side dice for the top spot. For the next seven laps the race was for the top spot with Ken Johnson and Mike Von Houton just looking for a weak spot in the link. As the field tightened Harspter finally secured the lead on lap twelve with new comer Joe Manninello getting lapped as half the field passed him by.

With this happening Harspter now had Johnson at his right side. Joining the fight at the top Glen Verneeze got under Schultz with three laps to go. The crowd went wild as the white flag was displayed.It was anyone’s race but the three time champion showed what he was made of, nipping Harspter and Verneeze at the wire.Joe Miller was fourth with Schultz and Duck Wack completing the top six in a close contest that ran non stop.

The BIC feature got off to a rocky start with an incident between Dennis Estes,Dan Craig and Brian Bottlemy causing a complete restart.Joe Polera darted in front again and held the lead until lap five when Tom Benedetti slipped in front. Just after the half way Mark Wild Willy Webb charged into the lead with the field spreading out behind the new leader.

Polera would have held onto second but coming into two the runner up spun. The last five laps saw lapped traffic a big factor. Webb held on for the win,with Jeff Baum, Bob Koch the defending champion of this growing division. Todd Booker was fourth and Rob Scheibel fifth.

Next Friday night the Sideline Motorsports sport trucks and mini cup cars return along With the mini modifieds, millennium late models, BIC cars and legend cars. Time trials begin at 6 pm. racing at 7:30 sharp. Motocross racing takes place on another part of the grounds at 8 pm. on the stadium dirt course. Over 300 riders compete weekly.